British Legislation and Colonial Resistance Pre-Revolution

Vocabulary flashcards covering pre-1763 British legislation, the governing relationship with the colonies, resisted parliamentary acts, and colonial responses.

Navigation Acts, Wool Act, and Iron Act

Examples of British taxation and economic legislation enacted prior to 1763.

Salutary neglect

A characteristic condition defining the relationship between the British government and the American colonies.

Virtual representation vs. actual representation

Differing views on political representation defining the relationship between the British government and the colonies.

Direct (internal) and indirect (external) taxation

Categories of taxation disputed within the relationship of the British government to the colonies.

Proclamation of 1763

A 1763 British legislative measure that was met with colonial resistance.

Sugar Act

An act of British taxation and legislation that met with resistance from the American colonies.

Stamp Act

A British taxation act that provoked widespread colonial resistance and debate over taxation.

Declaratory Act

A piece of British legislation asserted over the colonies that was met with resistance.

Quartering Act

British legislation requiring the hosting of soldiers that was resisted by the colonies.

Townshend Acts

A set of British taxation measures and legislation that encountered colonial resistance.

Tea Act

British legislation concerning the tea trade that became an object of colonial resistance.

Intolerable (Coercive) Acts

A set of punitive British legislative acts, also referred to as the Coercive Acts, that faced colonial resistance.

Sons/Daughters of Liberty

Colonial activist organizations formed in response to British taxation and legislation.

Boston Massacre

A confrontational event cited as an example of colonial response and resistance to British policies.

Stamp Act Congress

An intercolonial assembly convened directly in response to the passage of British taxation.

Boston Tea Party

A direct-action colonial protest staged in response to British taxation and legislation.

First Continental Congress

A major collective political meeting of colonial delegates assembled in response to British taxation and legislation.